Comparison of population dynamics of atlantic salmon (Salmo salar) and brown trout (Salmo trutta) in a small tributary of the River Scorff (Brittany, France)

International audience The population dynamics of Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar L.) and brown trout (Salmo trutta L.) were compared in a small tributary of the River Scorff (Brittany, France) from spawning time to the beginning of the third growing season. The spawning and fry emergence of the two sp...

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Published in:Ecology of Freshwater Fish
Main Authors: Baglinière, Jean-Luc, Prévost, Etienne, Maisse, Gérard
Other Authors: Ecobiologie et qualité des hydrosystèmes continentaux (EQHC), Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique (INRA)-Ecole Nationale Supérieure Agronomique de Rennes, Station de physiologie des poissons, Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique (INRA)
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: HAL CCSD 1994
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Online Access:https://hal.inrae.fr/hal-02708658
https://hal.inrae.fr/hal-02708658/document
https://hal.inrae.fr/hal-02708658/file/Bagl1994EFF_1.pdf
https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1600-0633.1994.tb00104.x
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Summary:International audience The population dynamics of Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar L.) and brown trout (Salmo trutta L.) were compared in a small tributary of the River Scorff (Brittany, France) from spawning time to the beginning of the third growing season. The spawning and fry emergence of the two species took place at approximately the same time. In the first autumn, the densityof 0+ juveniles and settling rate from the egg stage were much higher in trout than in salmon. The emigration rate from 0+ population was much higher in trout than in salmon. The size of resident and migrating fish was always smaller in salmon than in trout, whatever the age. The low level of salmon production in the brook, compared with trout, was the result of low survival from egg to 0+ stage in autumn, combined with the small proportion of juveniles migrating after the first growing season. This was not compensated by a high number of migrants the next year. The role of physical habitat, inter-and intraspecific competition, predation and migration dependence on size and early sexual maturity is discussed. Indications are that small tributaries of the type studied are of great value for recruitment in trout but not very productive for juvenile salmon.